We re putting investment into lithium ion batteries and storage facilities. but why oppose powerships, which literally can sit off the coast and provide enormous new source of energy, electricity for the people who, right now, are sitting every evening in candlelight? we oppose them because the 20 year contract that this government wants to sign with those. no, you don t know that. you say they want a 20 year contract. the government hasn t yet shown you the contract that it s hoping to sign. yes, of course they have. gwede mantashe made those contracts public, which is why there was such a public outcry about it, and why the environmentalists and others are opposing them. they wanted a 20 year contract at a fixed price. it doesn t make economic sense for south africa. we should rather be harnessing the 8.5 billion rand that s been provided by western countries to be able to allow us to make this transition into renewable energy, and become a world leader in this particular field. you constantly talk
To work night and day on it. he, for a while, declared a state of disaster, which allowed him special powers. we now know that he s commissioning three turkish powerships to be moored off the coast of south africa to provide new sources of energy. you ve opposed, consistently opposed all of these special measures that ramaphosa is taking. well, i think that because they re not designed to deal with the problem, they re designed to provide more opportunity for anc looting and corruption to take place. what we have been doing is demonstrating the alternative, that we can have clean, renewable energy in south africa, and not only can we meet this challenge, we can become a world leader in clean, renewable energy. and we re doing it here in the city of cape town, and in the province of the western cape. this city will be the first city to be loadshedding free. we already have incentivisation for solar panels, where people can feed electricity back into the grid and be reimbursed for it.
He, for a while, declared a state of disaster, which allowed him special powers. we now know that he s commissioning three turkish powerships to be moored off the coast of south africa to provide new sources of energy. you ve opposed, consistently opposed all of these special measures that ramaphosa is taking. well, i think that because they re not designed to deal with the problem, they re designed to provide more opportunity for anc looting and corruption to take place. what we have been doing is demonstrating the alternative, that we can have clean, renewable energy in south africa, and not only can we meet this challenge, we can become a world leader in clean, renewable energy. and we re doing it here in the city of cape town, and in the province of the western cape. this city will be the first city to be loadshedding free. we already have incentivisation for solar panels, where people can feed electricity back into the grid and be reimbursed for it.
We re putting investment into lithium ion batteries and storage facilities. but why oppose powerships, which literally can sit off the coast and provide enormous new source of energy, electricity for the people who, right now, are sitting every evening in candlelight? we oppose them because the 20 year contract that this government wants to sign with those. no, you don t know that. you say they want a 20 year contract. the government hasn t yet shown you the contract that it s hoping to sign. yes, of course they have. gwede mantashe made those contracts public, which is why there was such a public outcry about it, and why the environmentalists and others are opposing them. they wanted a 20 year contract at a fixed price. it doesn t make economic sense for south africa. we should rather be harnessing the 8.5 billion rand that s been provided by western countries to be able to allow us to make this transition into renewable energy, and become a world leader in this particular field. you constantly talk about the degree of corruption that the anc government has
You ve opposed, consistently opposed all of these special measures that ramaphosa is taking. well, i think that because they re not designed to deal with the problem, they re designed to provide more opportunity for anc looting and corruption to take place. what we have been doing is demonstrating the alternative, that we can have clean, renewable energy in south africa, and not only can we meet this challenge, we can become a world leader in clean, renewable energy. and we re doing it here in the city of cape town, and in the province of the western cape. this city will be the first city to be loadshedding free. we already have incentivization for solar panels, where people can feed electricity back into the grid and be reimbursed for it. we re putting investment into lithium ion batteries and storage facilities. but why oppose powerships, which literally can sit off the coast and provide enormous new source of energy, electricity for the people who, right now, are sitting every evening in candlelight?
Service delivery backlogs. the basket of free basic services to assist people, like free water, free electricity, zero rates is far more comprehensive than any other city in the country. are we there yet in dealing with it? absolutely not. but we re much further down the line than a country or city likejohannesburg or ethekwini, or east london, or any one of the other cities. what people want most of all, and you ve alluded to it already, is power. correct. now, president ramaphosa says he is busting every sinew to ensure that he addresses the loadshedding crisis. he s appointed a special energy and electricity minister to work night and day on it. he, for a while, declared a state of disaster, which allowed him special powers. we now know that he s commissioning three turkish powerships to be moored off the coast of south africa to provide new sources of energy.
show me your budget, and i will show you what your priorities are. cape town has just passed a record infrastructure budget. 75% of that budget is going directly into addressing service delivery backlogs. the basket of free basic services to assist people, like free water, free electricity, zero rates is far more comprehensive than any other city in the country. are we there yet in dealing with it? absolutely not. but we re much further down the line than a country or city likejohannesburg or ethekwini, or east london, or any one of the other cities. what people want most of all, and you ve alluded to it already, is power. correct. now, president ramaphosa says he is busting every sinew to ensure that he addresses the loadshedding crisis. he s appointed a special energy and electricity minister to work night and day on it. he, for a while, declared a state of disaster, which allowed him special powers. we now know that he s commissioning three turkish
Powerships to be moored off the coast of south africa to provide new sources of energy. you ve opposed, consistently opposed all of these special measures that ramaphosa is taking. well, i think that because they re not designed to deal with the problem, they re designed to provide more opportunity for anc looting and corruption to take place. what we have been doing is demonstrating the alternative, that we can have clean, renewable energy in south africa, and not only can we meet this challenge, we can become a world leader in clean, renewable energy. and we re doing it here in the city of cape town, and in the province of the western cape. this city will be the first city to be loadshedding free. we already have incentivisation for solar panels, where people can feed electricity back into the grid and be reimbursed for it. we re putting investment into lithium ion batteries and storage facilities. but why oppose powerships, which literally can sit off